CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio -- Chagrin Falls residents will have to wait until July to get their hands on the American comfort food promised at Grove Hill.

Tim Bando's new restaurant, which was expected to open in June, is now looking at a July opening as the building undergoes cosmetic changes.

"We are in the home stretch," Bando said. "I'm hoping for the beginning of the month."

The restaurant will seat roughly 130 people and will open for dinner as well as brunches on Saturdays and Sundays. Bando named the restaurant after the hill used in the Chagrin Falls annual pumpkin roll.

Grove Hill will open at 25 Pleasant Drive where the former Raintree Restaurant sat for 42 years until it closed April 18. Bando's construction team is transforming the space into a pub-like atmosphere.

The wood-paneled walls of Raintree Restaurant have been painted gray and white with black ceilings. Bando is in the process of creating an industrial-inspired bar with an extended seating area. He said he plans to use black piping to decorate the bar and has added some black light fixtures.

Looking ahead, Bando still has to install banquettes and booths as well as install a table in the building's front platform to serve as an extension of the existing bar.

Bando, a North Olmsted native, began working in the restaurant business in 1986 and started cooking with Michael Symon at Caxton Cafe in 1995. He went on to open three restaurants in New York with Randy Lerner, former majority owner of the Browns.

He has also worked at Deagan's Kitchen & Bar in Lakewood, Market Square Bistro in Bainbridge, Ray's Place in Kent and Theory in Tremont in addition to restaurants in Chicago and New York.

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